I believe the dc gov uses maryland state plane and I realize I am being a nitpicky nightmare sorry sorry

"there was always had" great job dumbass

For years both the Nats and Phillies had their dollar hot dog nights sponsored by the same company based in PA and there was always had *one* more dollar hot dog night in Philadelphia than DC.

I don't really know what the conspiracy is here but it was definitely deliberate.

I don't suppose it's possible to adjust the projection on DC?

I have so much work to do today but there's a huge boat out on the lake how am I supposed to get anything done under these conditions??? The boat's name is CLYDE S. VANENKEVORT for christs sake

if we're talking mascots then it's sabretooth tiger vs mammoth and that is still pretty great

by far the most former player jerseys out at canalside tonight were afinogenov

falling asleep to the sweet sounds of HONK HONK HONKHONKHONK and assorted woos outside our windows tonight

a zillion sabres fans watching playoff game 1 outside at canalside on a beautiful evening

let's go buffalo

We watched Michael Clayton tonight and I can't stop thinking about it. What a film. He's carrying seventeen baguettes. Seventeen!

and it's stupid to say out loud but I just want to do something that feels worthwhile again, even in a small way. Like something I was a part of mattered to someone.

my work used to save lives. not all the time, but my creativity and work and ideas contributed to something, and that was enough validation. I'm still doing good work, but it's a total validation vacuum internally and externally

ARCHITECTURE MODERNE Remake du dinosaure d'une pub de l'Union nationale des Fédérations d'Organismes d'HLM en 1987, jadis première campagne nationale de communication des HLM.

an ad at the Pentagon metro stop that says "you should be jumping out of a plane"

Staffing management software.

Buffalo in 50 Maps The third entry in Belt's urban cartography series, Buffalo in 50 Maps offers a truly unique view of the City of Good Neighbors, from the East Side to Millionaires' Row to Cazenovia Park.The best maps...

It's out of stock but they're printing another run!!! www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/buf...

"we are going for all humanity" 🥲

Saw both "No ICE, No Kings, No Ranch On Wings" and "No ICE, No Kings, No Goal" on signs today because Buffalo is, above all else, extremely Buffalo.

I really hope they open up next downtown, in the Hotel Lafayette soon to be former Public space would be amazing.

A screenshot of QGIS showing a monochrome raster, overlaid with yellow polygon outlines. The window for the zonal statistics tool can be seen.

A monochrome raster that shows very fuzzy patches of white and grey. Atop it is a red outline of the state of Michigan.

New tutorial post on the blog: "Urban Relativity," discussing my method for comparing city populations with their surroundings, which I sometimes use to help decide which cities to show on a map, and which to leave off. somethingaboutmaps.wordpress.com/2026/03/23/u...

UCLA logo in a score box maybe off center or maybe just a weird logo

is it just me or is UCLA's logo not centered? is it supposed to be like that?

Billikens have a giant in swim
goggles who moves like it's his first day in a human suit and somehow he is REALLY GOOD at basketball???

Howard v Michigan in Buffalo (I am cheering for the Bison, obviously)

People wearing yellow cheering "Let's go blue!" for a team wearing white. I have much to learn.

I have a joke about geography...it's around here somewhere...

The Incredible Mystery Behind The "House Number Font" YouTube video by Dime Store Adventures

Genuinely one of the most compelling youtube videos I've seen in ages. youtu.be/6HgD3v1ASP4?...

did you know the sabres have a sandwich that's a beef on weck with a chicken finger on it? it'll change your life (probably by taking a few years off but whatever, worth it)

a view from the cheap seats of gold medal winning olympian and buffalonian hayley scamurra banging the big drum

HAYLEY SCAMURRA at the Sabres game

google maps satellite image with a point labeled Kankakee River Train Museum Bridge (it appears to be a bridge but who knows)

well which is it

Over a two hour period yesterday morning we had an intense downpour thunderstom, blue skies, and fog so thick I couldn't see the next block. March!

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